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Peringathur population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Kerala, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 40,292 people
Households 8,201 PCA households
Literacy rate 96% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 23.92% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 40,292 18,477 21,815 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 5,052 2,645 2,407 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 33,829 15,459 18,370 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 96% 97.64% 94.65% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 759 379 380 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 71 33 38 Total workersCensus workers 9,638 7,966 1,672 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 23.92% 43.11% 7.66% Main workersworked at least 6 months 8,070 6,919 1,151 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 1,568 1,047 521 Non-workerspeople 30,654 10,511 20,143
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 8,201 households and 40,292 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 12.54% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 97.64% for males and 94.65% for females. Of 9,638 workers, 83.73% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 52 18 Agricultural labourers 606 221 Household industry workers 42 24 Other workers 7,370 1,305
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Peringathur (CT) 589 05634 40,292
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.